1 Corinthians 1:19-21 It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the sages, I will confound the insight of the wise.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the sages, I will confound the insight of the wise. ²⁰ Sage, scribe, critic of this world, where are they all? Has not God stultified the wisdom of the world? ²¹ For when the world with all its wisdom failed to know God in his wisdom, God resolved to save believers by the 'sheer folly' of the Christian message.